Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Waste toner container and image-forming apparatus provided with the same
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Application No.: US16136712Application Date: 2018-09-20
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Publication No.: US10429792B2Publication Date: 2019-10-01
- Inventor: Makoto Souda , Junichi Hashimoto
- Applicant: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicant Address: JP Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken
- Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagoya-shi, Aichi-ken
- Agency: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.
- Priority: JP2017-234893 20171207
- Main IPC: G03G21/00
- IPC: G03G21/00 ; G03G21/12 ; G03G21/10

Abstract:
A waste toner container is attachable to and detachable from a housing of an image-forming apparatus through an opening of the housing. The waste toner container includes a casing and a guide pipe connected to the casing. The casing has a first end and a second end positioned opposite to the opening with respect to the first end in a state where the waste toner container is attached to the housing. The guide pipe is pivotally movable relative to the casing between a first position and a second position. The guide pipe extends in a first direction connecting the first end to the second end at the first position, while extending in a second direction crossing the first direction at the second position. The guide pipe at the first position has a length in the second direction smaller than a length thereof in the second direction at the second position.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190179253A1 Waste Toner Container and Image-Forming Apparatus Provided with the Same Public/Granted day:2019-06-13
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